Erik anderson
Erik Anderson (aka E, aka Big-E, aka EA) brings over 20 years of sales and operations leadership experience spanning advertising, marketing, defense & aerospace, and software industries. Drawing from his experience in diverse business environments, Erik has developed expertise in building self-sustaining teams, change management, and go-to-market strategy.
As a former athlete and youth sports coach, Erik brings a competitive spirit and team-first mentality from the playing field and locker room to the workplace. His strong belief in the benefits of individuals working together and competing to reach common goals shapes his leadership philosophy, emphasizing the importance of culture-building and teammate development for organizational success. This perspective enables Erik to excel in developing future leaders and fostering collaborative, high-achievement environments.
Erik began his career selling advertising and hosting two sports talk shows for ESPN Radio 1490 The Fan in Tucson, AZ. Now, he’s thrilled to come full circle as co-host of The Response Pod with his high school teammate and best buddy, Joe Brown.
What is the response Pod?
In an effort to normalize the messiness of life we set out to illustrate how people overcome failure, struggle, and hardship as they navigate the not so linear path to maintaining success, fulfillment, and joy. What is the common denominator that will resonate with the target audience - We’ve never had this many active generations in the work force and they have all been exposed to a social media world that doesn’t reflect our reality - Life is tough, and that’s a good a thing - this is why. We will explore stories from former/current college and professional athletes, former/current special operation operators, and former/current workforce professionals to explore failure, grit, resiliency, perseverance.... How did they respond when it didn't go well? In short, this podcast is geared towards sharing stories of responding well to hard stuff, or not responding well and pulling from what we can learn there.
Joe Brown
Joe was critically injured in Baghdad on August 1st, 2007 after stepping away from the NFL to raise his right hand and fight for the flag, waking up in a military hospital bed not able to speak or walk.
Throughout his professional career, Joe has learned that at the core of every successful project, program, or initiative there is a strong organizational culture based upon bringing together the right people and empowering them to explore and create opportunity together.
Joe has a vast experience in leadership that began with his five years of playing Division 1 football at The Ohio State University. He went onto play in the NFL for three years followed by a four-year career in Army, where he served honorably as an Army Ranger, deploying multiple times to the Middle East. Joe was injured during his last deployment. Post his military service, Joe transitioned to Graduate School full-time while also coaching college football at the D1 level.
Once obtaining his master's degree, Joe began a highly successful career in City Government. Joe has spent that last three years working as a Leadership Development Leader, a Professional Speaker geared towards engaging others and helping them grow as professionals and people.
Joe is married and has two kids.
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